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### Constructing a Translated Plane

You can construct a Translated Plane feature from another input plane feature. The input plane feature must contain point data. Valid plane features with point data are Constructed Best Fit (BF), Constructed Best Fit Recompensate (BFRE), Measured, or Auto plane features. Invalid plane features do not contain point data (such as Cast, Mid, or Perpendicular).

PC-DMIS moves the translated constructed plane from the input plane in the direction of the input plane vector based on the calculation method:

- If you choose Maximum Deviation, PC-DMIS translates the plane to the maximal deviation point.

- If you choose Standard Deviation, PC-DMIS calculates the translation by multiplying standardDeviationMultiple by the standard deviation.

The Translated Plane is offset from the input plane by the maximum deviation. The Standard Deviation plane is similarly offset, but the distance is a multiple of the standard deviation, as described above.

In this figure, the light blue plane represents the input feature, the black plane represents the maximum deviation plane, and the red arrow represents the maximum deviation.

To construct a translated plane:

1. Access the Construct Plane dialog box (Insert | Feature | Constructed | Plane).

2. Select Translated Plane from the drop-down list.

3. Select the input feature from the list on the right. This must be a plane feature with point data.

4. Select the calculation method: Maximum Deviation or Standard Deviation.

5. If the calculation method is Standard Deviation, type the Standard Deviation Multiple.

6. Click Create to insert the constructed Translated Plane command into the Edit window.

The Edit window command line for this option reads:
CONSTR/PLANE,TRANSLATED,feat_1,
METHOD/( MAXIMUM_DEVIATION | STANDARD_DEVIATION), standardDeviationMultiple